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Microbial ecology

Characterisation of the bacterial and archaeal microbiota in fresh colostrum collected from a single, spring-calving dairy herd

Sabine Scully, Bernadette Earley, Paul E. Smith, Matthew S. J. Finnie, Catherine McAloon, Frank Buckley, David A. Kenny, Sinéad M. Waters

published 30 Oct 2025

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Identifying microbial functional guilds performing cryptic organotrophic and lithotrophic redox cycles in anaerobic granular biofilms

Zachary Flinkstrom, Samuel J. Bryson, Bojan Pelivano, Pieter Candry, Kristopher A. Hunt, Mari-Karoliina H. Winkler

published 18 Aug 2025

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Social structuring of the gut microbiome in communally roosting bats

Eleonore Lebeuf-Taylor, Alexandria Cosby, Quinn Webber, Karl Cottenie

published 03 Jul 2025

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The fecal microbiota of the mouse-eared bat (Myotis velifer) with new records of microbial taxa for bats

Hanya D. Arellano-Hernández, Leslie M. Montes-Carreto, José Antonio Guerrero, Esperanza Martinez-Romero

published 05 Dec 2024

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Impact of methane mitigation strategies on the native ruminant microbiome: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

A. Nathan Frazier, Aeriel D. Belk, Matthew R. Beck, Jacek A. Koziel

published 22 Aug 2024

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Molecular analyses indicate profuse bacterial diversity in primary and post- treatment endodontic infections within a cohort from the United Arab Emirates-A preliminary study

Sheela B. Abraham, Farah Al-Marzooq, Lakshman Samaranayake, Rifat Akram Hamoudi, Wan Harun Himratul-Aznita, Hany Mohamed Aly Ahmed

published 15 Jul 2024

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The microbiota of Amblyomma americanum reflects known westward expansion

Luis Martinez-Villegas, Paula Lado, Hans Klompen, Selena Wang, Caleb Cummings, Risa Pesapane, Sarah M. Short

published 10 Jun 2024

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Veillonella and Bacteroides are associated with gestational diabetes mellitus exposure and gut microbiota immaturity

Fernanda Valdez-Palomares, Jaqueline Reyes Aguilar, Eduardo Pérez-Campos, Laura Pérez-Campos Mayoral, Noemi Meraz-Cruz, Berenice Palacios-González

published 14 May 2024

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Leveraging genomic signatures of oral microbiome-associated antibiotic resistance genes for diagnosing pancreatic cancer

Xiaojing Shen, Xiaolin Zhu, Hairong Liu, Rongtao Yuan, Qingyuan Guo, Peng Zhao

published 30 Apr 2024

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Effectiveness of stabilization methods for the immediate and short-term preservation of bovine fecal and upper respiratory tract genomic DNA

Lee J. Pinnell, Cory A. Wolfe, Jake Castle, William B. Crosby, Enrique Doster, Paul S. Morley

published 02 Apr 2024

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Effect of target gene sequence evenness and dominance on real-time PCR quantification of artificial sulfate-reducing microbial communities

Zhe Du, Sebastian F. Behrens

published 07 Mar 2024

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A pilot study of fecal pH and redox as functional markers in the premature infant gut microbiome

Jeffrey Letourneau, LaShawndra Walker, Se Hyang Han, Lawrence A. David, Noelle Younge

published 23 Jan 2024

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Breastfeeding patterns are associated with human milk microbiome composition: The Mother-Infant Microbiomes, Behavior, and Ecology Study (MIMBES)

Elizabeth A. Holdsworth, Janet E. Williams, Ryan M. Pace, Avery A. Lane, Maria Gartstein, Mark A. McGuire, Michelle K. McGuire, Courtney L. Meehan

published 09 Aug 2023

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